Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album

Marianne Tatom Letts holds music degrees from the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Austin.

"The book is well written and researched. Further, it builds on existing rock scholarship, especially that of James Doheny, Tim Footman, Martin Clarke, Allan Moore and Anwar Ibrahim. . . . It adds to the growing field of rock scholarship and should make a fine addition to any library that boasts such a focus."—Music Reference Services Quarterly"Marianne Tatom Letts's excellent new book returns to the origins of the band's subversive marketing strategies . . . Letts's smart, in-depth account reveals as much about Radiohead's ambivalent and conflicted relationship with popular culture and contemporary capitalism as it does about their musical appeal. 8/3/2011"—Rain Taxi"This is the kind of text that could likely transform a college-level music theory course for the better, prompting discussions about everything from the structure of modern rock music to the sometimes conflicted triangular relationship between performers, media and the masses. And, needless to say, it's required reading for Radiohead cultists. 2/8/2011"—PopMatters"An objective yet provocative look at a challenging period in the work of one of rock's most adventurous bands."—Kevin Holm-Hudson, author of Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Musical Examples1. Introduction2. Back to Save the Universe: The Reception of OK Computer and Kid A3. Everything in Its Right Place: Musical Elements in Kid A4. Cut the Kids in Half: The Second Death of Kid A5. After Years of Waiting, Nothing Came: Amnesiac as Antidote6. I Might Be Wrong: Amnesiac and Beyond7. We Are the Dollars and Cents: Radiohead as CommodityNotesBibliographySelect DiscographyIndex